Another unwelcome consequence of climate change: an explosion of urban rats
If scorching heat waves, destructive storms, prolonged droughts and rising seas aren’t enough to make some folks fear the consequences ...
Tag: Science & Medicine
Senators challenge Robert Kennedy Jr. on vaccines and fitness to lead HHS in fiery hearing
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has pledged to “make America healthy again” as President Trump’s secretary of Health and ...
L.A. fires wreaked havoc on the land. Scientists are racing to learn what they’ve done to the sea
The Reuben Lasker was about four miles off the coast of Manhattan Beach when ash began to rain upon the ...
Edison wants customers to pay for wildfires linked to its equipment
Southern California Edison is asking state regulators to make its customers cover more than $7 billion in damages it paid ...
A new strain of bird flu is found on a California duck farm
A new strain of bird flu — H5N9 — has been detected in California’s Merced County at a commercial duck ...
Under Trump, we could be flying blind when it comes to bird flu, other infectious diseases
The United States is ground zero for the H5N1 bird flu. Since March 2024, when the virus was first reported ...
Electric line ignites in Eaton Canyon 10 days after wildfire
An electric line that was repaired after the deadly Eaton wildfire caught fire last week, although emergency crews positioned nearby ...
Trump orders federal agencies to recognize only two sexes that are ‘not changeable’
President Trump signed executive orders Monday asserting that the U.S. government recognizes only two sexes that are “not changeable,” and ...
RFK Jr. wants to improve Americans’ health. Here’s some advice from the outgoing FDA chief
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called the Food and Drug Administration a “corrupt system” that is waging “war on public ...
A wave of cat deaths from bird flu prompts new rules on pet food production
As experts continue monitoring and surveying the environment and the nation’s food supply for H5N1 bird flu, a rash of ...
